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In this paper we prove the uniqueness of the critical point for stable solutions of the Robin problem \[ \begin{cases} -\Delta u=f(u)&\text{in }\Omega\\ u>0&\text{in }\Omega\\ \partial_\nu u+\beta u=0&\text{on }\partial\Omega, \end{cases}…
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded and smooth domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, $N\geq2$, and consider the eigenvalue problem: $-\Delta_{p}u=\lambda\left| u\right| _{L^{q}(\Omega)}^{p-q}\left| u\right| ^{q-2}u$ in $\Omega,$ $u=0$ on $\partial\Omega,$…
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